Workers at Lockheed Martin's Middle River plant

Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun

Middle River, MD -- Many Lockheed Martin employees wore shirts with the motto of the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, "Sword of the Fleet," at a Thursday ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the production line, thanks to a $253 million U.S. Navy contract.

Middle River, MD -- Many Lockheed Martin employees wore shirts with the motto of the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, "Sword of the Fleet," at a Thursday ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the production line, thanks to a $253 million U.S. Navy contract.

(Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

Middle River, MD -- Many Lockheed Martin employees wore shirts with the motto of the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, "Sword of the Fleet," at a Thursday ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the production line, thanks to a $253 million U.S. Navy contract.